Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 39:2 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred. {stirred: Heb. troubled}”
Psalms 39:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
[To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. {my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth}
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred. {stirred: Heb. troubled}
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} spake I with my tongue,
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it {is; that} I may know how frail I {am}. {how...: or, what time I have here}
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